prohibition

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
2. 2
   A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
3. 3
   A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances.

Proper noun

1. 1
   Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.
2. 2
   Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal: The period from 17 January 1920 through 5 December 1933 in the United States, between the effective dates of the Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments to the United States Constitution.
3. 3
   The 66th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.